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Zacuto Rolls Out Its "Z-Focus" Follow Focus Accessory for HD Video Cameras

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Zacuto Rolls Out Its "Z-Focus" Follow Focus Accessory for HD Video Cameras​

Zacuto, a leading provider of HD video cameras and accessories [http://www.zacuto.com/] has released their own follow focus unit – the Z-Focus. Zacuto chose an important event - the 2008 NAB show - to introduce this important new addition to their full line of products. The Zacuto line is allowing cinematographers to use low cost, light weight HD camcorders for their filmmaking.

The Zacuto design team has thought through all the important issues - allowing their follow focus to be used with any camera and integrating easily with other Zacuto support accessories.

The Z-Focus mechanism employs a set of gears that connect to and spin the focus ring or Zacuto zip gear on the camera lens, thus producing an extremely accurate follow focus that allows the operator or assistant to pull accurate focus. The integrated magnetic white disk allows the focus puller to create distance marked for repeatable focus pulls.

Notable Features of the Z-Focus

* Completely gear-driven design for slip free, accurate movement.

* Worm gear adjustment screw to allow user to tighten gear play

* Interchangeable drive gears

* Magnetic dry erase marking disk

* Standard accessory port for Zacuto or Chrosziel follow focus whip or speed crank

* Lightweight design

The Z-Focus is supplied with Industry-standard 15mm lightweight rod mount. An available accessory, the FF-Adapter (Z-Focus Studio Adapter $255) – converts your Z-Focus to 19mm/15mm Studio rods (perfect for RED camera packages.) This accessory makes the Zacuto Z-focus work exclusively for studio rod spacing and for the use of other studio rod equipment.

Also standard is .8 pitch drive gear. However, Fuji .6, Canon .5 and a 1 inch wide .8 pitch drive gears for photo lenses can be specified when ordering.

Z-Focus http://store.zacuto.com/product.php?productid=311&cat=0&page=1&featured

Price:
Z-Focus (Z-FF-1) $1110

About Zacuto:
Zacuto offers custom HD camera packages and accessories for sale and rent. www.zacuto.com carries the latest technology in HD 24p cameras and specializes in its all inclusive camera packages and accessories featuring the Zacuto USA brand.

Zacuto
Buy – Rent – Lease HD Video Cameras & Accessories
401 West Ontario
Chicago, IL 60610
Becky Mason - Sales Director
312-863-3452
website: http://www.zacuto.com/
on-line store: http://www.store.zacuto.com/
 
No, it is completely designed and built by Zacuto.
 
Chrosziel now makes a reversing gear but it is specifically for their little DV follow focus unit only. I'm working on a solution that would be universal. We have some in our rental inventory but these are no longer manufactured so I'm working with a new source.
 
I just ordered the Zacuto FF. As many of you already know, they are pleasure to deal with.

Nick.
 
Did the Donan ever ship? It was supposed to be reversible and looked pretty darn nice by judging the renderings.
 
I use Arri FF5-HD Follow Focus.

I like this zacuto and it has red color :P
 
chuck colburn said:
Hi Mitch,

What do you mean by universal?

thanks,
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By universal I mean it is a gear on an arm that mounts directly to a front rod. It is positioned between the followfocus and the lens so that it can work with any model follow focus from any manufacturer. Like i said, we have them already in rental -- it's just about arranging to have more made to sell.
 
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